READINGS / CLASS MATERIALS

Materials on this page will be updated from time to time. 


**Required readings mean it will appear on your exam. Suggested readings are optional, but surely worth the read :)




MUST READ (click to view):
 
Midterm to Finals Sked 
 
CLASS RULES / GUIDE
COURSE SYLLABUS 


MUST HAVE (click to view) :


DOWNLOAD FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL-DECISION MAKING 


REQUIRED READINGS 


FINAL GRADING 
Lecture Slides you can view/download: 


Truth and Honesty in Media
Conflict of Interest, Censorship, Journalist Killings


Online Articles
 
On Censorship  

On Journalist Killings in the Philippines 1



On Journalist Killings in the Philippines 2




Book: Ethics in Media Communications: Cases and Controversies, fifth edition, 2006. Day, Louis Alvin. 

1.) "Truth and Honesty in Media Communications" pp.80-103

2.) Chapter 7 "Conflicts of Interest" pp. 211- 225

3.) "Challenges of the Information Age" pp. 42- 45 
 





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MIDTERM GRADING
Lecture Slides you can view/download (REQUIRED READINGS): 


Bias
Image Ethics & Ethical Video.. (edited slides) 
Code of Ethics




REQUIRED READINGS (all of these are in the library)



Book: Media Ethics: Issues and Cases, Philip Patterson 


1.) Chapter VIII Picture This: The Ethics of Photo and Video Journalism, pp. 216-226




2.) Chapter 1: Cases and Moral Systems: An Essay, pp. 18-19


3.) "Taste in Photojournalism: A Question of Ethics or Aesthetics?", pp. 37-41




SUGGESTED READINGS:




1.) Chapter VIII Cases, pp. 227-252


Book: Media Ethics: Issues and Cases, Philip Patterson




2.) "Predators, Pictures and Policy", pp. 1-27
Book: Media, Crime and Criminal Justice: Images, Realities & Policies, Surette Ray


3.) "The Ethical Failings of a Democratic Press", Chay Hofilena, pp. 36-50
Book: Media Ethics in Asia, Venkat Iyer, ed.





PRELIM PERIOD
Lecture slides you can view / download: 
Introduction to Ethics 
December 10 Lecture 

Ethics in A Nutshell
http://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/resources/ethics-in-a-nutshell/

A Framework for Thinking Ethically
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/framework.html
with permission from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University 


Suggested References:




Online
 Aristotle's Ethics
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/#Pre


Philippines Journalist’s Code of Ethics
http://www.eyeonethics.org/journalist-code-of-ethics-in-asia/journalists-code-of-ethics-philippines/


KBP Broadcast Code Article 6: Crime and Crisis Situations
http://www.eyeonethics.org/2011/06/14/sidebar-approved-amendments-to-article-6-crime-and-crisis-
situations-kbp-broadcast-code/


Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, “Does Self-Regulation Have a Future in the Philippines?” http://www.cmfr-phil.org/2011/07/07/does-self-regulation-have-a-future-in-the-philippines/





Books


Black, Jay. et. al., “Doing Ethics in Journalism: A Handbook with Case Studies”, 1998, Allyn & Bacon, Boston Massachusetts.

Corpuz, Ronald M. et.al., “1987 Philippine Constitution”, 2007, Mindshapers Co., Inc., Intramuros, Manila. 

Cruz, Isagani, “Constitutional Law”, 2007, Central Book Supply Inc., Quezon City.
 
Day, Louis Alvin, “Ethics in Media Communications, Cases and Controversies”, fifth edition, 2006, Thomson, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.

Harcup, Tony, “The Ethical Journalist”, 2007, SAGE Publications, London.

Hofilena, Chay Florentino, “News For Sale: the Corruption & Commercialization of the Philippine Media”, 2004, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Quezon City.

Landicho, Oscar R., “Ethics in Journalism: What You Wanted to Know About Good Journalists But Afraid to Ask”, 2002, Booklore Publishing Corporation, Manila.

Malinao, Alito L., “Journalism for Filipinos”, third edition, 2003, National Bookstore, Mandaluyong City.

Maximiano, Jose Mario B., “Ethics and Social Responsibilty in Mass Communication”, 2007, Anvil, Pasig City.

 “Media Ethics in Asia: Addressing the Dilemmas in the Information Age”, edited by Venkat Iyer, 2002, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Patterson, Philip, “Media Ethics: Issues and Cases”, 2005, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA.

Smartt, Ursula, “Media Law for Journalists”, 2006, SAGE, Thousand Oaks, Calif., London.


Films